self-sufficiency
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səˈfɪʃ adjective
1.
able to supply one's own or its own needs without external assistance: The nation grows enough grain to be self-sufficient.
2.
having extreme confidence in one's own resources, powers, etc.: He was self-sufficient, and always reminded you of it.
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World English Dictionary
| self-sufficient or self-sufficing | |
| —adj | |
| able to provide for or support oneself without the help of others | |
| self-sufficing or self-sufficing | |
| —adj | |
| self-suf'ficiency or self-sufficing | |
| —n | |
| self-suf'ficiently or self-sufficing | |
| —adv | |
| self-sufficient or self-sufficing | |
| —adj | |
| able to provide for or support oneself without the help of others | |
| self-sufficing or self-sufficing | |
| —adj | |
| self-suf'ficiency or self-sufficing | |
| —n | |
| self-suf'ficiently or self-sufficing | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
self-sufficiency
1623, originally an attribute of God (translating Gk. autakreia), from self + sufficiency. Of mortals, self-sufficient "able to supply one's own needs" is recorded from 1589.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
We push self-sufficiency as well as the ability to entertain herself for long periods, the joy of solitude.
Many countries around the world need to work on population control as well as teaching food self-sufficiency.
Designed as a test of self-sufficiency, racers must carry their own supplies and food for the duration of the race.
Self-sufficiency is inefficient and shallow markets are more volatile than deep ones.
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